Labor Union Movies

  • 1934
    Borinage

    Borinage

    Borinage

    6.21934HD

    Documentary about a miner's strike in Borinage.

    Borinage
  • 2009
    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

    02009HD

    In the winter of 2002-'03, as the US was building its case to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series fo the largest peace...

    Shutdown: The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War
  • 1977
    Island Shunters

    Island Shunters

    Island Shunters

    01977HD

    Short documentary on the shunters in the Darling Island, Sydney, Australia railyard. Filmed in 1977.

    Island Shunters
  • 1959
    The Big Operator

    The Big Operator

    The Big Operator

    5.81959HD

    A power-mad union boss resorts to murder to eliminate witnesses scheduled to testify against him. The eclectic cast includes Mickey Rooney, Mamie Van...

    The Big Operator
  • 2021
    Strike

    Strike

    Strike

    1.52021HD

    In 1910, women working in the silk industry in Bursa, protest against the working conditions. They go on strike.

    Strike
  • 1953
    The Grievance Hearing

    The Grievance Hearing

    The Grievance Hearing

    01953HD

    Presents a case history of a grievance case from the initial causes to the final settlement. Shows how grievance hearings enable labor unions and...

    The Grievance Hearing
  • 1977
    Eugene Debs and the American Movement

    Eugene Debs and the American Movement

    Eugene Debs and the American Movement

    01977HD

    Eugene Debs & the American Movement is an educational video that documents fifty years of long-suppressed history. Using extensively researched...

    Eugene Debs and the American Movement
  • 2024
    Strike! The Women Who Fought Back

    Strike! The Women Who Fought Back

    Strike! The Women Who Fought Back

    02024HD

    In their own words, this is the story of six women from the South Wales valleys and how they helped sustain the bitter year-long miners' strike,...

    Strike! The Women Who Fought Back
  • 2002
    An Injury to One

    An Injury to One

    An Injury to One

    6.52002HD

    An experimental documentary exploring the turn-of-century lynching of union organizer Frank Little in Butte, Montana.

    An Injury to One
  • 1996
    The Flickering Flame

    The Flickering Flame

    The Flickering Flame

    5.71996HD

    Documentary following dockers of Liverpool sacked in a labour dispute and their supporters’ group, Women of the Waterfront, as they receive...

    The Flickering Flame
  • 1981
    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union

    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union

    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union

    01981HD

    Delegates and workers discuss the issues that effect the Timberworkers’ Union, the reasons for the formation of the Combined Council of Timber...

    Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers' Union
  • 2008
    Haiti's Tourniquet

    Haiti's Tourniquet

    Haiti's Tourniquet

    02008HD

    The Confederation of Haitian Workers (CTH) invited an Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) delegation to Haiti to learn about their fight against...

    Haiti's Tourniquet
  • 2021
    Conversations Between Shifts

    Conversations Between Shifts

    Conversations Between Shifts

    02021HD

    A portrait of Chicagoland ICU nurse Jeanette Alvarez-Basem captured through the perspective of her son Ben Basem. Between her night shifts and...

    Conversations Between Shifts
  • 1977
    General Report

    General Report

    General Report

    6.21977HD

    How does a country go from a dictatorship to a democracy? A detailed report on the political representation in the heart of the Spanish Transition,...

    General Report
  • 2004
    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill

    02004HD

    Traces the story of the 25-year struggle of Fieldcrest-Cannon textile workers to form a union in the face of modernization and globalization.

    Where Do You Stand? Stories from an American Mill
  • 1948
    Anjangarh

    Anjangarh

    Anjangarh

    01948HD

    When a local mining company dares to provide its workers a fair wage for a fair day's work, and lets its workers unionize, the kingdom's villainous...

    Anjangarh
  • 1974
    Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

    01974HD

    The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose...

    Leeds United!
  • 2023
    O Vozerio

    O Vozerio

    O Vozerio

    02023HD

    O Vozerio
  • 2023
    When We Fight

    When We Fight

    When We Fight

    02023HD

    In the second largest school district in the United States, 98% of teachers vote to authorize a strike. Watch as one of the largest educator strikes...

    When We Fight
  • 2007
    Cocalero

    Cocalero

    Cocalero

    52007HD

    A documentary centered on the union formed by Bolivian farmers in response to their government's (which was urged by the U.S.) effort eradicate coca...

    Cocalero